You think the issue is labor related, who builds it? I don’t. The issue is quality, reliability, and their impacts on resale. The quality of labor impacts this less than the structure of labor’s contract (finish early = go home, never stop the line etc), the quality of the parts you’re buying and the design of the…

I think you just proved my point. The Avalon is built on the Toyota K Platform as well as the Camry, Highlander, Sienna, Venza, Previa, and Lexus ES and RX models. All NON-LUXURY FWD models. The base Lexus IS is the first one that is can be considered a luxury platform as its based on the Toyota N Platform that…

They could give it to us for free forever and no one would want to use it because Spotify is so ingrained in the market. Also, Spotify works on ALL devices naively. Like your home theater receivers and your car radios. Amazon only works on amazon stuff, and thats why it sucks.  This is VHS vs Beta, VHS won because it…

They could give it to us for free forever and no one would want to use it because Spotify is so ingrained in the…

God, what a POS. My brother drives a 2005 RSX-S with similar if not slightly higher mileage. He actually washes his car every once in a while, the paint on his bumper matches the car, and its definitely not a garage queen, so why do people let their cars get like this? Why do they buy aftermarket wheels that are…

Chevy Cruze: 142,618 Mexico
Chevy Malibu: 144,542 KANSAS
Ford Fusion: 173,600 Mexico
Hyundai Elantra: 200,415 ALABAMA
Nissan Altima: 209,146 TENNESSEE/MISSISSIPPI
Nissan Sentra: 213,046 Mexico
Honda Accord: 291,071 OHIO
Toyota Corolla: 303,732 Canada/Mexico
Honda Civic: 325,760 Canada (coupe) OHIO (sedan)
Toyota Camry:…

So you’re saying the Tesla is like the iPhone. All status while only being mediocre quality and performance?

They should give him special powers, then have him fight Paul Bettany then call it Batman: The Priest sequel we didn’t know we wanted.

...that’s a lot of trouble to go through to make your car slower!

Its not the external linkage that is the issue, its the INTERNAL linkage on the SMG transmission that isn’t there so you have to disassemble the transmission and ADD the parts. Yes, they are the same basic castings, but machining anything is 99% setup and 1% actually cutting metal. That is unless you can source a…

I guess, but you still gotta do everything listed above from pedals to ECU. Machining the SMG bell housing isn’t for the faint of heart. I mean, if you want a shift lever to actually having something to connect to anyway. Its easier to just buy a different transmission if you don’t have the tools to break down a Getrag…

Just wait till you get a 30% ethanol mix at the quicky mart because they didn’t stir their tanks and your engine blows all to hell. That seems to be happening more and more with the turbo BMWs bone stock.

I’ll tell you what they don’t put LSs in anymore, Cadiyaks.  And that’s why they suck so bad and no one wants one.

The physical part of changing the slushbox for a manual is pretty easy. BMW has used the same bolt patters for transmission for 20+ years and there isn’t any reason for them to change. The issue will all be in software. Its very common for the flappy paddle M3 crowd to convert their cars back to proper manuals because…

Those people are just wrong.  FWD cars don’t handle anyway.  That’s why when Honda wanted to make a proper sports car they made it RWD.  You just can’t give up the hype.

I don’t get why everyone keeps harping on national healthcare. It will NEVER work. Why can’t we adopt something like the Canadian system that WILL work. In Canada, the provinces provide healthcare to their residents.

This guy is faking, he has his right eye slightly cracked to screw with the other drivers.

This article ignores the fact that you have a constitutional right to own a firearm and free speech and a couple other things that are fundamental. For those of you who say the constitution doesn’t guarantee that right and some militia nonsense, the supreme court has ruled recently that it in fact does guarantee that…

This is why we should encourage private sector unions. The buzzfeed authors were pretty terrible at their jobs anyway, but they should have known better than to believe this schlub. Private sector unions are a good thing and have done great things for workers. Its the public sector unions that are crippling this…

Well, I never said the E36 M3 was the greatest car out there, I only said it was dramatically better than the tegR for a lot less money. The S2000 is probably the most collectable modern Honda at this point. The new NSX is all battery bullshit and completely alienates the NSX hardcores so that pushed the old car’s…

Well, my brother owns all 4 of the vehicles in question as well as an RSX-R, and I’ll tell you the tegR is by far the least interesting of the bunch.  You keep quoting a couple subframe braces that every kid added to their regular teg as soon as they got the summit racing catalog.  The engine being hand built so it…